Bar Admissions

State Bar of California, 1996 U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1997All California Federal District Courts, 1996 and 1997

Education

Bachelor of Science, cum laude,University of Alabama, 1993Juris Doctor, with distinction, Universityof the Pacific, McGeorge School ofLaw, 1996Master of Business Administration(Accounting and Finance), RegisUniversity, 2005

T. Scott Belden

T. Scott Belden is a founding member of BeldenBlaine, joining the firm after 17 years at a mid-sized Bakersfield business and commercial firm, including a three year term as the firm's Managing Partner. Scott's practice encompasses all aspects of business and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on management-side employment litigation. Scott's litigation experience has included management, resolution, and trial of complex business, employment, oil and gas, agricultural, partnership, and environmental disputes in state and federal courts throughout California.

In every engagement, Scott is committed to creatively analyzing the case and working with the client to fashion a litigation plan that meets the client's goals and resolves the matter in the most efficient, cost effective manner possible.